Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
I am not using dhclient (don't even have it installed). In fact when I last installed linux on my machine, it didn't ask me for all the details for networking as in previous installs. So what is picking up the details even on a fresh install ?
That is not possible. In your terminal type dhc and hit the tab key twice. You should get dhclient and dhclient2or3.